John -
Donald Trump is following through on his cruel threats to our immigrant neighbors. He has stripped schools, churches, and hospitals of their safe haven status, and ICE is conducting raids in cities across the country as you read this.
As climate activists, we must stand with migrants fighting for justice, human rights, and dignity. Because we understand that migration and the climate crisis are deeply connected.
Climate chaos is driving people from their homes. But instead of tackling the climate crisis head-on, Trump has declared “drill baby drill,” while fanning the flames of racism, xenophobia, and far-right sentiment. We owe it to migrants everywhere to do better. Will you take the first step and sign our pledge to stand in solidarity with migrants?
Wealthy countries like the United States caused the climate crisis with our emissions. That means that the U.S. is largely responsible for the droughts, floods, hurricanes, and rising waters that are forcing people in countries in Latin America, Asia, Africa and elsewhere to leave their homes.
And direct impacts like climate disasters are not the only way climate change intersects with migration. Many migrants are fleeing violence, poverty, and hunger — conditions caused or made worse by fossil fuel extraction and the climate destruction it wreaks.
We know this situation will only get more dire. As the climate crisis intensifies, more and more people around the world will be impacted. By 2050, climate change and extreme weather could force more than 200 million people to flee their homes.1
The U.S. has a responsibility to migrants. Our reckless emissions have caused and continue to fuel this crisis. Building a just world means we must fight for the people most harmed by the climate crisis.
We cannot claim to stand for climate justice if we turn our backs on migrants after the flood waters recede and the droughts end. And we cannot allow Trump’s inhumane migrant policies to go unopposed.
- JL Andrepont for 350.org
P.S. Countering Trump’s inhumane migrant policies won’t be easy. We’re gearing up for a long fight, and we’ll continue to share timely and impactful ways to take action. But the first step is simple: Sign our pledge to stand in solidarity with migrants.
1. A Complex Nexus, International Organization for Migration
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